Real Life Lore

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  • Premiered: Mar 2016
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Season 2023
2023x1
Why 97% of Namibia is Empty
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Air date
Jan 07, 2023
Namibia is the world's second most sparsely populated country, and its coastline is about as empty of people as Greenland. Why is that the case?
2023x2
Why Belarus Might Invade Ukraine Too
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Jan 16, 2023
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been going on for nearly an entire year. Yet, the Kremlin's most loyal ally on the international stage, Belarus, has continually refused to join the war .. show full overview
2023x3
Why Nobody Can Stop North Korea
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Jan 27, 2023
2022 was a record-breaking year for North Korea. The Kim regime spent it by firing more missiles than in any previous year and setting new records for both altitude and distance. It .. show full overview
2023x4
How Satellite Images Reveal What’s Happening in Ukraine
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Feb 10, 2023
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been ongoing for a full year now. Over those past 12 months, commercial satellites have captured thousands of images depicting the events that have been .. show full overview
2023x5
Why 82% of Mexico is Empty
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Feb 18, 2023
The majority of Mexico's population lives within just 18% of Mexico's land. This video explains why that's the case.
2023x6
Why Russia's Biggest Threat is Actually China
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Feb 28, 2023
Why one of Russia's greatest long-term threats is China, despite their temporary partnership at the moment.
2023x7
Why Ukraine Re-Taking Crimea Will Destroy Russia
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Mar 13, 2023
Why Crimea is so important to both sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
2023x8
Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War
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Mar 24, 2023
Egypt and Ethiopia are countries that each exist on the Nile River. Ethiopia's recent construction of Africa's largest hydroelectric dam on their portion of the Nile could spell conflict in the future, and this is why.
2023x9
Why 80% of New Zealand is Empty
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Mar 28, 2023
Why 80% of New Zealand's landmass is uninhabited by humans.
2023x10
Why the Americas Still Aren't Connected by a Road
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Mar 31, 2023
North and South America may be connected by land, but they have never been connected by road. These are the reasons why.
2023x11
Why Wyoming is VASTLY Emptier Than Colorado
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Apr 13, 2023
Wyoming and Colorado are two very similar-looking states that are about the same size and directly next to each other. And yet, Colorado has more than 10 times Wyoming's population. Why?
2023x12
Why Every Country Has Military Bases in Djibouti
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Apr 26, 2023
Djibouti has, per capita, the largest number of foreign military bases on its soil. Why is that the case?
2023x13
Why Iran is Helping Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
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May 02, 2023
There is a growing sense of an alliance being established between Russia and Iran, which historically speaking is a rather strange development. Why has this been happening? Let's find out.
2023x14
Why Texas is Becoming America's Most OP State
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May 12, 2023
Texas is America's fastest-growing state and is quickly becoming America's most geopolitically valuable state as well. These are all of the many reasons why.
2023x15
Why 99.7% of Mongolia is EMPTY
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May 26, 2023
Mongolia is the most sparely populated country on the planet, and for many fascinating reasons that this video explores in depth.
2023x16
Why The Middle East’s Borders Guarantee Forever Wars
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Jun 18, 2023
The Middle East has long been one of the most geopolitically turbulent regions in the world, but it has been this way for nearly the entirety of the past century. This video attempts to .. show full overview
2023x17
Why the Russians Blew Up Ukraine's Largest Dam
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Jun 26, 2023
In early June of 2023, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine; the largest dam holding back the largest water reservoir in the country behind it. .. show full overview
2023x18
Why China is Shrinking VERY Fast
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Jul 07, 2023
China's population is entering into a terminal state of decline, which will have profound geopolitical implications over the coming years and decades.
2023x19
Saudi Arabia’s Catastrophic “Everything” Problem
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Jul 22, 2023
Saudi Arabia faces numerous challenges ahead of itself in order to survive the 21st century. These are many of them.
2023x20
How Ukraine is Breaking Through Russia's Naval Blockade
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Jul 29, 2023
Since the war in Ukraine began, the country has been placed under a very strict naval blockade by the Russian Navy. This video covers Ukraine's strategy to get through it.
2023x21
How North Korea Finally Made it Impossible to Escape
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Aug 04, 2023
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began in early 2020, North Korea has seized on the opportunity by clamping down on their society harder than any other, and in doing so, made escape out of the country effectively impossible for the very first time.
2023x22
Why 82% of Saudi Arabians Just Live in These Lines
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Aug 11, 2023
Why the vast majority of Saudi Arabia's landmass is completely empty, and why do its people live in such a peculiar population pattern?
2023x23
Why Russia Isn't Actually Collapsing
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Aug 26, 2023
After Russia invaded Ukraine in February of 2022, the Western World reacted by unleashing an unprecedented number of financial sanctions on the Kremlin that would supposedly lead to the .. show full overview
2023x24
How the US Conquered Hawaii & Made it 91% Empty
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Sep 07, 2023
Original Title: Why 91% of Hawaii’s Land is EMPTY The island of Oahu in Hawaii makes up only 9% of Hawaii's surface area, but is home to roughly 70% of the state's population. Here's why.
2023x25
Why NATO’s Biggest Internal Problem is Turkey
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Sep 23, 2023
Turkey has been a member of the NATO alliance ever since 1952, and yet recently that very membership has come under question. The Turkish government maintains a very high number of .. show full overview
2023x26
Why North Korea is Preparing to Attack Ukraine Next
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Sep 30, 2023
Why North Korea is suddenly helping the Russians invade Ukraine.
2023x27
How Taiwan Will Stop China's Invasion
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Oct 14, 2023
How Taiwan is preventing a Chinese invasion from happening, and why it might not last for long.
2023x28
How the US & China Are Preparing to Fight Total War
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Oct 25, 2023
Ever since 2016, the US and China have been gradually positioning their pieces across the Indo-Pacific board preparing for the possibility of a cataclysmic war erupting between them. .. show full overview
2023x29
Why the US Interior is VASTLY Emptier than Canada’s
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Oct 31, 2023
Why the US states of Montana and North Dakota have such a lower density of people than the Canadian provinces further to their north do like Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
2023x30
Why the International Date Line Looks So Stupid
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Air date
Nov 06, 2023
How the International Date Line ended up looking the way that it does today.
2023x31
Why Israel is Invading Gaza
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Nov 18, 2023
All of the events that up to Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7th, and the dramatic escalation of the Israel-Hamas war that has followed.
2023x32
Why Ethiopia is Preparing to Invade Eritrea Next
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Air date
Nov 28, 2023
Ethiopia is appearing increasingly likely to be considering an invasion of neighboring Eritrea. Here are the reasons why.
2023x33
How Gaza Could Trigger a Bigger US-Iran War
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Air date
Dec 09, 2023
How the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza could escalate to a wider Middle-Eastern conflict.
2023x34
Why Haiti is Dying & the DR is Booming
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Air date
Dec 16, 2023
Haiti has collapsed into the status of being the only failed-state in the Western Hemisphere, while its direct geographic neighbor on the same island is on the path towards becoming a .. show full overview
2023x35
Why Venezuela is Preparing to Conquer Guyana
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Dec 22, 2023
In early December of 2023, Venezuela hosted a nationwide referendum on whether or not the country should annex 2/3 of their neighbor's territory, Guyana. Will the referendum and Venezuela's demands lead to war in South America?

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